POETRY AND THE DRAMA.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2224, 13 April 1881, Page 3

POETRY AND THE DRAMA.

It is an interesting coincidence (says the “Pall Mall Budget” in a recent issue) that the greatest living poets of England and of America should both be essaying to achieve success in a different department of art from that in which they first became famous. The Poet Laureate has every reason to be satisfied with the reception of “ The Cup ” at the Lyceum ; but it is impossible to say whether Professor Longfellow will be equally successful with his “ Masque of Pandora ” at Boston. His poem of that name, converted into an opera, is now being played at Boston Theatre by the Blanche Roosevelt English Opera Company, Like “The Cup,” it is a classical subject, and, according to American accounts, is put on the stage with such strict fidelity to the style of the ancients that Miss Roosevelt's troupe mutinied because they were not allowed to “ bang ” their hair and had to wear the flat-soled sandal instead of the high-heeled shoes. The difficulty, however, was surmounted, and the first performance, which was witnessed by the poet, went off with great success.